title: Evolution of mitochondrial DNA in yeast: gene order and structural organization of the mitochondrial genome of Saccharomyces uvarum.
abstract: We have determined the size, the restriction map and the gene order of the mitochondrial genome of the yeast Saccharomyces uvarum. Sequence analysis of the mitochondrial COXII gene confirmed the position of this yeast in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae-like group, near Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces douglasii. Most mitochondrial genes have been positioned on this approximately 57-kb long genome and three regions containing putative replication origins have been identified. The gene order of S. uvarum suggests that the mitochondrial genome of the S.cerevisiae-like yeasts could have evolved from an ancestral molecule, similar to that of S. uvarum, through specific genome rearrangements.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Biologica, Università degli Studi, Viale G. Colombo 3, 35121 Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cardazzo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Minuzzo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sartori
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grapputo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carignani
mesh_terms: D003596:Cytosine; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005800:Genes, Fungal; D016681:Genome, Fungal; D006147:Guanine; D007438:Introns; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010802:Phylogeny; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000235:genetics; D018741:Replication Origin / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012440:Saccharomyces / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D006147:Guanine; D003596:Cytosine; D012343:RNA, Transfer; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV